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J. HILL. GALVANIZED OR METAL COATED BUCKET.

Patented Jan. 15

' Nrrnn ,TATES JAMES HILL, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

GALVANIZED OR METAL-COATED BUCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,904, dated January 15, 1884. Application filed November 30, 1883. (N0 model.)

To ntZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES HILL, of Providence, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented an Improvement in Galvanized or Metal-Coated Buckets, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the improved combination of a strengthening-ring with the bottom of a galvanized or metalcoated bucket, as hereinafter set forth; and

the object of my invention is to provide a strong and durable bucket at less cost than heretofore.

Figure 1 is an elevation and partial'section of the bucket as heretofore constructed. Fig. 2 is an enlarged section of a portion of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of my improved bucket. Fig. 4 is an elevation of the strengtheningring. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the bottom plate. Fig. 6 is an enlarged section of a portion of my improved bucket.

In the accompaning drawings, Ais the body of the bucket, usually made of thin sheet-iron, and B is the bottom plate, made of the same material, and formed with a turned rim, a, adapted to iitwithiu the lower end of the body A, and when in proper position, as shown in Figs. 3 and 6, it is made to abut against the inwardly-turned bead, 1), formed in the body A of the bucket. WVithin the rim a of the bottom plate, B, is placed the iron ring 0, made of suitable width and thickness, and formed up in circular shape with the ends (Z abutting each other, as shown in Fig. 4. The ring 0 and bottom plate, B, are then secured in position by spinning or turning the lower edge, 0, of the bucket A over the rim a and ring 0, as shown in Fig. 6; and the bucket so formed,when provided with the bail D,is to be galvanized with melted zinc or dipped in a bath of melted tin or other metal, thus firmly securing and soldering-the ring and bottom of the bucket, and producing a solid and durable bottom edge not liable to indentation and injury in the required manipulation of the bucket.

The ordinary manufacture of galvanized metal buckets provided at the bottom with a strengthening hoop or ring is shown in Fig. 1, in which the body A isjoined to the bottom B by means of the turned double seam 6, over which is placed thehoop C, the ends of which are secured to each other by means of the rivets f f, and the hoop islikewise secured to the body A by means of the rivets g g. In my improvement I place the strengthening-ring on the inner side of the lower edge of the bucket, and avoid the necessity for the employment of rivets, and also avoid the expense of the double seam 6, thus effecting a desirable saving in the cost of manufacture over the ordinary bucket.

I claim as my invention- In a galvanized or metal-coated bucket, the combination of the body A, provided with the inwardly-turned bead b, the bottom plate, B, provided with the rim a, and the strengthening-ring G, secured to the bucket by means of the inwardly-turned edge a, substantially as described.

JAMES HILL. Witnesses:

JOHN S. LYNCH, SOGRATES SoHoLFInLD. 

